Hi John thanks for your reply, it is a beautiful machine, shame its not still with my family now, but I reckon it was sold when he got married in 1932 and the money went perhaps towards a deposit for his first house. I wondered what that fantastic gearing was attached to the front wheel, thanks agai...

John,Brenton thanks for your messages, this is the other photo of grandads Ariel, the photo is dated 1929, so it seems the motorcycle could have been purchased new. His dad, my great grandad was a professional footballer in England before the 1914-18 world war, but died at 33 from TB, my grandad was...

John, I have tried many times to attach the other photograph I have of my grandads Ariel D but cannot make it work for some reason, I will persevere, will try again tomorrow
rgds
Lionel

John,Brenton,Markus, Thank you very much for your help in identifying my grandads Ariel, I am having some problems posting a reply, probably me not the website
kind regards
Lionel

Dear Ariel Owners MCC please can you help?, found a couple of old photographs of my grandad with his Ariel motorcycle, can anyone tell me please what Ariel model it is?, and what year was this model manufactured, I am sure he bought the machine second hand. He was a keen motorcyclist by all accounts...